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Computer combat jacket simulates being shot
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Computer combat jacket simulates being shot
The Telegraph wrote:A virtual reality combat jacket that allows computer game players to feel their on-screen characters being shot and punched is to be launched this week.
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The 3rd Space vest uses air pressure to deliver pneumatic jolts to players' torsos to simulate sensations experienced by game characters such as recoil from weapons, jolts from jumping and bullet impacts.
It is part of a trend for games developers to increasingly use physical touch and movement to make gaming experiences more realistic reflected in the success of the Nintendo Wii, which involves a remote control that transmits a player's movements to a screen.
Dr Mark Ombrellaro, a vascular surgeon from Bellevue, Washington, adapted the jacket from a more sophisticated medical version he created to allow doctors to carry out long distance examinations on patients in prison or in isolated rural communities via the internet.
Dr Ombrellaro said: "This is unlike anything that's been out there before. Everybody is looking for the latest immersive experience, to be really engaged with content.
"Audio and visual graphics are of course excellent mediums, but we have five senses and in computer games we are only really using two of them. Here we are making use of a third sensory dimension.
"It's a way for game designers and players to taking gaming to the next level. It provides a way for reality and virtual reality to interact.
"If you watch people playing with the vest they physically flinch to get away from enemies, and get into the game in a way they have never done before."
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The 3rd Space vest delivers up to 5lbs of force to the torso via eight pneumatic impact cells linked to tiny air pistons - four on the front of the body and four on the back - which inflate at different positions and speed according to the action being simulated in the game. It will go on sale this week for £129 bundled with two games including Call of Duty II.
The jacket is available in black, grey camouflage and pink. At present it is only compatible with certain PC games, such as Unreal Tournament, Halflife 2, Medal of Airborne, Quake 4 and Doom 3, however Dr Ombrellaro is in discussions with the makers of the major games consoles.
Dr Ombrellaro's company TouchNetworks is also planning virtual reality helmets, long-sleeved tops and trousers. He is also working on models that imitate the forces involved in driving and flight simulation games.
Guy Cocker, a journalist on the GameSpot UK website, said: "Games have become more and more realistic in terms of graphics and sound. But gamers will always want more immersive experiences.
"I haven't tried this particular product. Whether it is successful may depend on whether its creators can get the support of major developers so that new games are specifically programmed to make the experience genuinely more realistic."
This is ridiculous. We seriously are getting close to PBF territory now..
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Nonsense!
The only people that actually seem to be retailing them are TN Games themselves via their website, though. So basically it will fail at retail. If not because the idea of getting punched repeatedly in the chest is undesirable to begin with, then because their retail and marketing is weak sauce.
Also, they don't have the pink one on their website so the girls won't buy one (or me).
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I'm imagining full-body Dual shock feedback rumbling and feeling mildly sick.
http://www.amazon.com/TN-Games-Space-Gaming-Vest/dp/B000YC3BFU/ref=sr_1_312?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1205249755&sr=1-312
Pretty much. Except it was extraordinarily weak.
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What if.
This will be here until I receive an apology or Weedlordvegeta get any consequences for being a bully
Far, far, FAR too many to make this product even semi-viable.
One of my friends had this. He thought it was going to be all high tech, sort of like the OP's article.
Nope, it's just a subwoofer that straps on your back. I think we tried it once and never touched it again.
I picture it like being pushed around by an irate bee. Maybe he brings a friend if you happen to be stood in front of a chaingun.
The only interesting use for something like this would be for horror genre games. Combine a physical sensation with the aural and visual scares. I know I'd shit my pants.
I don't think you understand who this is for.
Holy shit. That would be amazing!
There's a big market for gear to help you blend in the rough jungle wilds between the couch and the fridge.
I think I'd rather just buy one of those super chairs with the subwoofer and speakers built in. And a mini fridge in the armrest.
There is also a rumble helmet in this video. I'm not sure that's such a good idea.
Head, hands, arms, legs, feet, arse... If they're going to do this, then at least do it properly.
Of course, that's just as feasible as this thing becoming a smash hit, but at least it'd be way cooler than this.
I can see it already.
Anyhow, I think this would be a fantastic item for child-rearing. We could completely do away with physical beatings with belts, hangars, shoes, spoons etc. Misbehave? Get shot!
There are a bunch of different race chairs available now, ranging from ~$1k to $50k. You can get non moving chassis for ~200$ as well.
I want a jacket that says "Need a teleporter here!" nonstop 24/7. Then I can concentrate on jumping through the air while swinging a baseball bat wildly.
That PBF comic is exactly what I thought of when I read the thread title.
Fixed that for ya.
I'd shit my pants with you. That would be pant-shitacular. Pant-shitastic.
Now if only we had smell-o-vision.
The problem?
The one I demo'd had a huge air compressor hooked up to it sitting on the floor which was then plugged into a wall. It wasnt loud, but you could hear it and I had air tubes running to my body...